I think there's an ideological question here. There are those of us who would feel the public interest would be better served by a public entity. If you think the public entity is conflicted, as you give them a certain amount of money and they make decisions you question, then if you keep that money, I would suggest you're just as conflicted by investing it along with your own. That's welcomed and a good thing, but the bottom line here is whether there is any way you can imagine having an entity that is both public and private that would serve a public interest that is independent of your private interest. At the end of the day, that's who you are answerable to: not the Canadian public, like us, but your company. Consequently, is there no way you can see the coexistence of those two interests?
On February 20th, 2007. See this statement in context.